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Airlines Search For Ways to Cut Emissions

Air travel, which makes up less than three percent of man-made CO2 emissions, has become the whipping boy for environmentalists, The Christian Science Monitor reports. Two factors have placed airline travel in the center of the global-warming debate: The number of airline tickets sold per year could double to more than 9 billion by 2025. In addition, experts see no

Austin Aims for Zero CO2 Emissions by 2020

Austin has announced an aggressive climate protection plan that will cut its carbon dioxide emissions to almost nothing by 2020, the American Statesman reports. The broad goals proposed by Mayor Will Wynn do not include cost estimates, details or timelines. That information will come incrementally as the City Council considers individual proposals. The plan will eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from

EU, Car Industry Compromise on CO2 Emissions Cuts

The European Commission will announce carbon dioxide emissions cuts for the car industry on Wednesday, Forbes reports. EU environment commissioner Stavros Dimas is aiming at a C02 emissions target of 120 grams per kilometre by 2012 for cars sold in Europe. Although the Commission will target an overall cut in car emissions to 120 g/km by 2012 from current levels

Climate Savers Looking for 1,300 Members

Twelve corporations in WWF's Climate Savers Program are on course to eliminate at least ten million tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually by 2010. Members include Johnson & Johnson, IBM, Nike, Polaroid, Collins, Xanterra, Sagawa, Sony, Lafarge, Catalyst, Tetra Pak, and Novo Nordisk, met last week in Paris. If 1,300 more large companies join them, this would fulfil the current

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